Chronic Wasting Disease

Posted: Wed 10:29 PM, Aug 07, 2002&nbsp|&nbsp

Updated: Wed 10:29 PM, Aug 07, 2002

(Cheyenne, Wyoming-AP) -- Wyoming wildlife managers areconsidering using Colorado and Nebraska's strategy in dealing withchronic wasting disease in deer and elk. Tom Thorne of the state Game and Fish Department says the agencyis considering shooting large numbers of deer in areas where thedisease has been identified. Infection rates for chronic wasting disease in Wyoming's deerand elk is twice as high as some of the most heavily-infected partsof Colorado. But Wyoming hasn't done anything to actively stem thespread of disease. Some wildlife experts have termed chronic wasting disease themost serious wildlife threat of the last century. Congress will spend more than 32 (M) million dollars over the next two years to help states fight the disease.

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